Keto Green Beans in Cream Cheese and garlic are a delicious smothered green beans hot side dish that is low carb friendly and flavorful for the keto diet!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time8 minutesmins
Total Time13 minutesmins
Course: Side Dishes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cream cheese, green beans, keto, side dish
30oz.drained can of green cut whole beans OR 1 bag frozen green beans
Instructions
Pour drained or frozen green beans, plus minced garlic, into a skillet on medium heat.
Heat green beans for approximately 3 minutes to warm up.
Now add 2 tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon of cream cheese and stir until all combined, heating for 3-5 minutes more.
Serve cream cheese green beans with salt and pepper
Notes
This simple dish can be served with bits of bacon, crispy onions, or if keeping keto free, try Keto Cheese Crisps for your crunch.
I do not recommend using french green beans as the cream cheese makes the dish heavy and your beans will get limp and supersaturated
Nutritional values are hard to calculate as the measurements are picking up all the green bean options as being in the recipe, so please use your apps to calculate